Tollgate, Gravesham, Kent - Integrated Site Report


Description:  The Museum of London Archaeology Service (MoLAS) was commissioned by Union Railways (South) Limited (subsequently London and Continental Railways) to undertake a watching brief and detailed excavation between Wrotham Road and Scalers Hill, south of Gravesend, Gravesham, Kent, south of Gravesend, Kent. This work formed part of an extensive programme of archaeological investigation carried out in response to the construction of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL).

Country:  England

County:  Kent

District:  Gravesham

District:  Tonbridge and Malling

District:  Medway

Named Location:  Gravesend

Named Location:  Tollgate

Named Location:  Wrotham Road

Named Location:  Scalers Hill

Named Location:  Church Road

Named Location:  Henhurst Road

Named Location:  Singlewell

Named Location:  Cobham

Grid Reference:   TQ64007100
TQ67107000

Map Reference:  [EPSG:27700] 564000, 171000
[EPSG:27700] 567100, 170000

Period:  20TH CENTURY , EARLY BRONZE AGE, EARLY IRON AGE, LATE BRONZE AGE, LATE IRON AGE, MEDIEVAL, MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, MIDDLE IRON AGE, NEOLITHIC, POST MEDIEVAL, ROMAN

Subject:  AGRICULTURE AND SUBSISTENCE, AMPHIBIAN REMAINS, ANIMAL PRODUCT SITE, ANIMAL REMAINS, ANTLER WORKING SITE, AWL, ARCHAEOLOGY, BLADE, BOUNDARY, BOUNDARY DITCH, BOWL, BRICK, BRICK KILN, BRIQUETAGE, BROOCH, BURNT FLINT, BUTCHERED ANIMAL REMAINS, CLAY PIPE (SMOKING), COLLUVIUM, CUP, COBBLED SURFACE, DEBITAGE, DEWPOND, DITCH, DROVE ROAD, ENCLOSURE, EXCAVATION, EXCAVATIONS (ARCHAEOLOGY)--ENGLAND, FEATURE, FENCE, FIELD, FIELD BOUNDARY, FIELD SYSTEM, FIRE PIT, FISH REMAINS, FLAKE, HANDAXE, HARD STANDING, HEARTH, HOLLOW WAY, INTEGRATED REPORT, JAR, LEVALLOIS FLAKE, LITHIC IMPLEMENT, LONG BARROW, MARL PIT, MORTUARY ENCLOSURE, OCCUPATION SITE, PEN, PIT, PLANT MACRO REMAINS, PLANT REMAINS, POST BUILT STRUCTURE, POST HOLE, QUARRY, QUERN, RADIOCARBON DATING, RIM SHERD, ROAD, RUBBISH PIT, SADDLE QUERN, SHERD, SHOULDERED JAR, SLAG, STAKE HOLE, STANDING STONE, STORAGE CONTAINER, STORAGE PIT, STRUCTURE, SUBRECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE, TANNERY, TRACKWAY, WATCHING BRIEF, WELL, WHEEL RUT, WHETSTONE

Identifiers: 
[ADS] Associated Id: DOI: 10.5284/1044803
[ADS] Import RCN: TGKISR08-01

People Involved: 
[Publisher] Union Railways (South) Ltd
[Creator] Museum of London Archaeology Service
[Creator] Museum of London Archaeology

Bibliographic References: 

  • Barclay, A, Bull, R (2006) The Prehistoric, Roman and Medieval Landscape at Tollgate, Gravesham, Kent. Oxford: Oxford Wessex Archaeology Joint Venture (London and Continental Railways).